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Berlin, 1st January 2019 – the experienced architect and urban planning specialist Niklas Veelken has taken the helm at ATP's growing office in the German capital.

"Due to the dynamic level of development in the Berlin Region and right across Northern Germany we continue to see great opportunities for the growth of integrated design", says the new Managing Director. "Many competitors still work in traditional planning structures and are not properly prepared to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the digitalization of construction processes and BIM. Thanks to the edge given to us by our project experience and know-how in this area we effectively have a USP. With our core competence of BIM-based integrated design we are thus able to react to our clients' increased need for quality and certainty."

The architect, who trained at TU Braunschweig and the Berlage Center of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, worked with a number of offices including gmp Architekten, Baumschlager Eberle and David Chipperfield, before joining ATP in 2018. His references include major international projects such as stadia, high-rise buildings, hospitals and residential projects in Germany, China, France and Belgium.

About ATP architects engineers

With over 750 employees ATP architects engineers is Europe's leading integrated design office. ATP has a headquarters in Innsbruck (AT) and ten design offices across the DACH and CEE Regions, supported by in-house research and consulting companies. ATP Berlin was established as an autonomous design office in 2017 in response to ATP's growing number of commissions In Northern Germany.

"We initially focused on transport infrastructure projects, which we have since developed into a core product for the Berlin office", says Niklas Veelken, explaining the rapid growth of the office since its founding. "But Berlin is facing exciting challenges that will require new constructional solutions - not only in the area of infrastructure. We are looking forward to addressing these challenges with our committed team and making our contribution to the development of this dynamic city and its surrounding region."

As part of the ATP network ATP Berlin cooperates closely with the other nine ATP offices across the  DACH and CEE Regions. Since Its founding the office has swiftly established itself as a powerful ATP integrated design office with an international team of around 20 architects and engineers. Its core competence Is the design of complex buildings with BIM.